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#1

Knife Sharpening / Re: New angle jig KS-123

Last post by Ken S - Today at 03:45:51 PM

https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=50&From=USD&To=AUD


I live in the US and know very little about marketing in Australia. However, I have seen numerous examples of excessive pricing in the US by Internet "dealers". The ads often claimed to offer a "discount" from inflated "list" prices. The ads often claim "free shipping"

When I want an accurate price in the US, I always check Hartville Hardware and Sharpening Supplies. I know and trust both of these establishments. I suggest you look around and compare. Check the Tormek website for Australian resellers. You will want to establish a long term customer relationship based on trust and good service. We have numerous Australian members on this forum. Use their experience and wisdom.


Ken

#2

Knife Sharpening / Re: Sharpening knives, grindin...

Last post by tgbto - Today at 02:44:03 PM

If 6 to 8 minutes are only 10% of the time needed on other devices, then either those devices are very ill-suited to knife-sharpening, or maybe you're only using the #6000 grit belt/stone 

#3

General Tormek Questions / Re: Diamond T4 expensive water...

Last post by tgbto - Today at 02:11:47 PM

Hi !

I think your best bet for these would be found in the 3D-printing community. For instance :

This trough drip collector or this one here. I use a similar one for my T-8 almost all of the time.  Of course that only works if you have access to a printer.

Although to be honest, water spillage has been tremendously reduced since I first began to use the Tormek. Having the trough set so the water goes just over the wheel but not too much, lifting just as required, all those eventually result in very little water spillage. My drip tray (or the T-8 collector on the trough side) now only get a few drops for each knife.

#4

General Tormek Questions / Diamond T4 expensive water iss...

Last post by Swemek - Today at 01:09:21 PM

Hello all!

This is my first post here. I have been into knives for a short while and found my self getting even more into the world of sharpening knives, or anything one can get sharp. I have already tried a couple of sharpening systems, as Work Sharp (Ken Onion) and a few guided rod systems as a Hapstone R2.

None of the above ways to sharpen knives made me impressed, which pushed me to try a Tormek before giving up. Or not a Tormek, but an ugly rip off from a place called Jula. Almost every part of the unit was a copy of the T4.

This way of sharpening knives was a game changer, fun, controlled and very effective, if it wasn't for the wobbley wheels, ratteling from the inside of the housing, a almost circular leather wheel that refused to absorb any sort of compound. The USB only reminded of 90 degrees and even a newbie like me suspected that the knife jig would be better off without the slope towards left.

The best of me did in fact get the KJ-45 which made clamping a blade perfectly centered and firm, a breeze. The clone was returned, lesson learned and i was proud T4 owner.


I just have one issue, which i believe is connected to the diamond wheel i got yesterday, since the water stays in the trough with the original stone. The fact that i sharpen knives, rather than chisels, maybe is amplifying the problem when the water travels across the blade and falls outside the trough.


I have searched the forum but didn't find a soulution and i was hoping that someone here has found some sort of workaround.


Thanks!

PS. The DF-200 cuts beautiful!

#5

Scissors Sharpening / Re: Scissors for Kevlar

Last post by AlInAussieLand - Today at 12:47:11 PM

Hi all,

I rarely do scissors......read alot on facebook about stylist and grooming shears, but not alot out there on Industrial Shears....

Today I did 27 pairs of shears for a Composite Company......for cutting fiberglass, carbon fiber, and Kevlar.

I could cut the fiberglass, and the carbon, but none of my work was "stellar" when it came to the kevlar.   I was told to set the edge at 25 degrees by someone, but found the best for these was actually less than 15 degrees ( which my tormek gauge cant even measure, because the plastic bulge on the angle indicator actually touches the wheel....look for yourself!)

Does anyone have insight to what would work best for the kevlar??

Also, after doing about 15 pairs, I noticed my SB-250 Wheel was totally chattered.....like little waves running across the face of the wheel.....is this normal?....I have to resurface the wheel a few times to gring them out!

Thanks,

Sam

I used to do a fair bit of Fibre Optic cable joining in my job as a Comms Tech (recently retired).
Every pair of Kevlar Scissors I have seen and used have got very strong serrated edges.
I can not see a way of anybody being able to replicate such serration with any sharpening device that I have ever seen.
When ours started to get blunt...they went straight into the bin.
Despite their costs, we always saw them as a consumable item and always had a spare "new" set on hand.
Even a "slightly" blunt Kevlar Shear was an absolute pain to work with and not worth the hassle.
 

#6

Knife Sharpening / Re: Sharpening knives, grindin...

Last post by AlInAussieLand - Today at 12:36:11 PM

Grinding into using the Jig.
I might be new to Tormek but not new to sharpening (as a User not business).
With the Tormek T8 I can sharpen a knife to hair-shaving sharpness in 10% of the time that I need to use with other devices. And I have done only 5 or 6 knifes, since I just got the T8 last week.
All knifes with Rockwell 56 ~ 60 have taken no more then 3 minutes to sharpen and then about 3 ~ 5 minutes to hone on the leather wheel.

#7

Knife Sharpening / Re: New angle jig KS-123

Last post by AlInAussieLand - Today at 12:17:47 PM

Hmmmm ... first Australian listing - AU$95 That is quite a mark up

https://www.woodtamer.com.au/collections/frontpage/products/ks-123-knife-angle-setter

$20,- more is 3 schooners of beer. I can live with that 

#8

General Tormek Questions / Re: Product News - KS-123 Knif...

Last post by AlInAussieLand - Today at 12:04:59 PM

At AU$95 I will be waiting until Discount Traders list them to see what they will list them at.

I checked all the Vendors when I ordered my T8 and a few other things. Surprisingly the price differences are minuscule between them. They seem to compete in the 10%~15% range and most if not all gets eating up by the more expense ones offering free shipment while the "bargain" once add all your savings in shipping cost.

#9

General Tormek Questions / Re: New MB-102 Multibase

Last post by AlInAussieLand - Today at 11:33:01 AM

I just ordered the MB-102 as I need it for the new KS-123 that I also ordered.
At this stage I have invested quite a bit in my new T8 as a home user LOL.

#10

General Tormek Questions / Re: locked out

Last post by AlInAussieLand - Today at 10:33:23 AM

I just purchased a brand new T8 which arrived a couple of weeks ago.
It was manufactured 6 weeks before I got it.
As an observation, this unit's shaft was heavily greased with white grease.
This proves that the shaft/plastic bearing and even the thread of the quick release Nut/thumbscrew need to greased and should be done at least once a year as grease does dry out over time.